EXPRESS PLACE THIRD/MIDDLEBROOK EARNS RUNNER OF THE YEAR AT NEAC CHAMPIONSHIP

COBLESKILL, N.Y. – Freshmen Emily Middlebrook (Newark, N.Y.) led the Wells College women's cross country team to a third place finish (72 points) at the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championship held Saturday at SUNY Cobleskill in Cobleskill, N.Y. Middlebrook made it a clean sweep of the post-season awards, earning NEAC Runner of the Year, NEAC Rookie of the Year, and NEAC First Team All-Conference, besting the field of 82 runners by over 10-seconds finishing with a time of 19:28.95.

SUNY Cobleskill took the overall nine team championship with 36 points while Cazenovia placed second with 68 points.

The Express had a total of eight runners compete in the championship. Lindsey Guzewicz (Auburn, N.Y.) placed eighth with a time 20:48.95 and Brienne Goodson (Deansboro, N.Y.) placed 13^th with a time of 21:21.56, earning both runners a selection to the NEAC All-Conference Second Team.

Anastasia Benson (Rockford, Ill.) placed 33rd with a time of, ,Veronica Frisenda placed 36^th with a time of 23:18.49, Sarah Deschenes (Keene, N.H.) placed 52^nd with a time of 25:16.51, Tara Wild (Gardiner, N.Y.) crossed the finish line in 53^rd place with a time of 25:23.13, and Danielle King (Webster, N.Y.) placed 80^th with a time of 31:28.66 to round out the highlights for the Express.

Head Coach Julie Bailey was also named NEAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year by HER panel of her peers. Bailey helped lead the women's team to one first place finish and five top five finishes on the season.